Homemade De-Icer Recipe

By quasimoto (Guest Post)

For sidewalks and driveways try a combination of "beet juice" and calcium chloride.

By Amy (Guest Post)

I need a recipe for the driveway and sidewalk.

By marie (Guest Post)

Yeah- 30 yrs ago my step dad thought he was a genius and threw hot water on the windshield and the whole thing cracked. SO, maybe the temperature outside has something to do with how it will affect your wind shield - we know better around here.

We just have the heat settings on defrost high and hot and start the truck before we get dressed and walk out the door, and its all good. Or you could just start it and go back inside, with all the settings on correctly, and leave if for about 10 minutes and it will warm up form the inside out. We haven't scraped a window in YEARS and it a regular thing to have -40 C. I like the sheet idea- will keep it in mind.

By Winston (Guest Post)

I once used Vinegar and it worked pretty well.

By hwalz (Guest Post)

For less than $20, you can buy an electric deicer that plugs into your cigarette lighter. Then just hold it over the ice and it melts.

By Carol in PA (Guest Post)

When I visit my son in law, he polishes my windshield with Rain X. I think it helps with the snow and ice as well as water.

Good luck

By Diana (Guest Post)

Mine works like a charm everytime
His name is Gary and he is my DH
lol